The Riverside Panthers will challenge the Madison Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Riverside is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Riverside is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Scotts Hill just ended the team's 11-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Lions by a score of 3-2. The contest was a 2-2 toss-up at halftime, but Riverside couldn't quite close it out.
Colton Tubbs and Ian Nievas scored both of Riverside's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 26 goals.
Meanwhile, Madison entered their tilt with Milan on Tuesday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Bulldogs get on the board and left with a 3-0 win. Madison might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by three goals or more this season.
Madison pushed their record up to 13-1-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those six games. As for Riverside, their defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 11-2.
Riverside might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Madison when the teams last played back in April of 2015. Can the Panthers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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